Love One Another Box 2104

As per our Easter week tradition, we filled out Love One Another cards:

I love Dad because:

• he likes to wrestle with the boys (Lucy)
• he works hard and plays with our kids (Mom)
• he helps us on video games (Kye)
• he plays football and basketball (Kye)
• he plays video games with me (Isaac)
• I love Isaac and daddy and my eggs (Eli)
• he wrestles with me (Kye)
• he is wrestleable (Isaac)
• he does puzzles with me (Adam)

I love Mom because:

• she cooks for us (Kye)
• she helps me when I'm sick (Adam)
• she helps me with my homework (Lucy)
• she is the best mom and wife in the world (Dad)
• she makes dinner for me (Isaac)
• takes us on family adventures (Isaac)
• she listens to me (Lucy)
• she loves us so much and does things for us (Kye)
• she cleans up after Eli (Isaac)

I love Lucy because:

• she plays soccer with us (Isaac)
• I love that she talks to me and that we are friends (Mom)
• she is nice to me and plays games (Kye)
• she is a great help watching the other kids and is always thoughtful of others (Dad)
• she talks to me when I want to (Kye)
• she plays soccer with me (Adam)
• she helps me (Isaac)

I love Kye because:

• he plays wii with me (Adam)
• he almost always has a smile on his face (Isaac)
• he helps me with my homework (Isaac)
• of his crazy/goofy grin and the glint in his eye (Mom)
• he helps me with video games (Kye)
• he is so smart! (Lucy)
• he likes to play basketball with me (Dad)

I love Isaac because:

• he plays with me (Adam)
• he is compassionate when others are sick or injured (Mom)
• he tells funny stories (Kye)
• he likes to play football with me (Dad)
• he will always play b-ball with me even when he doesn't want to (Kye)
• he plays marbles with me (Eli)
• he plays wii with me (Kye)
• he is always wanting to play with me (Kye)
• he is optimistic (Lucy)

I love Adam because:

• he loves reading (Lucy)
• he says the most random and funny things (Lucy)
• he is (almost) always happy
• he likes to do puzzles with me (Dad)
• he is goofy (Kye)
• of his smile (Isaac)
• he has an awesome smile (Mom)
• he plays with me (like this [rolls on floor])
• he can always make me laugh (Lucy)
• he has a cute smile and an awesome laugh that makes me want to laugh (Mom)
• he always wants to play video games (Isaac)

I love Eli (shmeeli) because:

• he is excited to play (Kye)
• he is fun to play with (Dad)
• he is full of energy (Isaac)
• his smile helps me feel better (Kye)
• when he is happy, he is so much fun! (Mom)
• he is so sweet! (most of the time)  (Lucy)
• he likes to sing "Hope of A-merry-ca!"
• he makes a mess we have to clean up (Isaac)
• he calls me Lulu or Lu and it's adorable! (Lucy)
• he is happy (Isaac)
• he is a great dancer (Kye)

I love Jesus because:

• because of him, I can be with Dad, Lucy, Kye, Isaac, Adam and Eli FOREVER! (Mom)
• He atoned for us (Kye)
• He died for us (Kye)
• He atoned for my sins (Lucy)
• He came to earth to help us (Isaac)
• He is always there for us (Kye)
• He loved me enough to die for me (Mom)
• He was resurrected for me (Isaac)
• I will be resurrected, too (Adam)

Kye=11

Kye and Eli (2011)

He was a little sad the letter from Hogwarts didn't show up, as are most muggle Harry Potter fans.  When we went to AZ, everyone shared their thoughts about Kye.

Kye is: smart, a great leader and so interested in learning, smart (again), smart (I notice a pattern) and considerate to others, Wii!, playful, friendly . . . I love you!, nice, cool and fun, plays with Porter and Cade and Cooper and Garrett, fun, really kind, awesome, "I love you play games with you," funny, good at chess, good at Wii, loves to play chess, smart, funny, good at games, adorable and good at math and games, my favorite cuz.

I would add considerate and thoughtful, loves basketball and chess and Harry Potter and reading, can be goofy and silly, and loves TWIX!

Happy birthday, Kye!

Zach: 40 things in 40 years

YOU . . .

1)      Made it from heaven to earth successfully

2)      Survived tuberculosis

3)      Burned off your eyebrows and eyelashes

4)      Played with 38 nieces and nephews

5)      Cut out countless pieces of wood for various projects

6)      Ate thousands of slices of pizza

7)      Celebrated 14 Father’s Days

8)      Rode roller coasters in Florida, California, and Texas

9)      Traveled to Tahiti, Korea, Japan, China, Russia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada & Vietnam

10)  Healed from a broken leg, a broken hand, a broken arm, a broken ankle, and a separated shoulder

11)  Remembered Sarah’s birthday (finally!)

12)  Dipped your toes in the Atlantic and Pacific

13)  Wrestled, played sand volleyball, baseball, basketball, golfed, played badminton, soccer, and bowling

14)  Helped create 5 children

15)  Visited 45 states

16)  Earned a presidential scholarship to BYU and kept it

17)  Served an honorable full time mission in New Jersey

18)  Married for eternity in the Mesa temple

19)  Honeymooned at Disneyland

20)  Solved 1000 piece puzzles in record time at the cabin

21)  Cruised the Caribbean

22)  Moved 14 times, bought 4 homes, and sold 2

23)  Served in the Church, in whatever way you have been asked

24)  Swam with stingrays

25)  Helped create a business from almost the ground up

26)  Graduated from the nations #1 “Hottest and Brainiest” school (BYU) with a business degree

27)  Dove off cliffs in Jamaica

28)  Helped millions of kids learn to speak English and read

29)  Tasted octopus, seaweed, shark, squid, coagulated duck’s blood, chicken feet and other unmentionables

30)  Visited Kirtland, Multnomah Falls, the White House, and an Alaskan Bear Reserve

31)  Annoyed the heck out of every family member by beating them at games

32)  Gave countless priesthood blessings

33)  Chased a rolling truck down the street . . . and then left a note when it hit an unoccupied car

34)  Hula-ed on Oahu and whale-watched on the Big Island

35)  Viewed Plymouth Rock, climbed the Statue of Liberty, and scrambled up Independence Rock in the Wyoming wind

36)  Influenced hundreds by your quiet example of following Christ

37)  Paved a driveway, helped remodel and house and other projects

38)  Snorkeled Turtle Bay

39)  Survived falling out of a moving car, rolling an ATV down a mountain, countless concussions, flipping a bike down a mountain, and 40 awesome years on this planet

40)  ARE LOVED BY A FAMILY LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE YOU!

HAPPY 40^TH BIRTHDAY!

Words used to describe you from our Bradshaw family: best uncle, nice, a great uncle, good at basketball, good uncle, "your quiet leadership is so important to our family," loves to wrestle, funny and fun, "I like your house," smart, caring, calming, amazing, one of the most giving people I know, a great dad, smart, BYU, fun and funny, Zach is the awesomeness, smart, cheats at games!  (I wonder who that was from . . . (ahem) Lindsey), knowledgeable, wise, Zach is a good cousin, smart, AWESOME!